SVN
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SVN Versions are NOT stable releases, and should not be used on live production sites. SVN is usefull for testing bug fixes or getting a jump on learning and using new features being added to Open-Realty.
SVN Versions are work in progress and may render your site unusable or cause a loss of data. We encourage anybody that has the knowledge and ability to run a test version of the SVN Build to do so and report bugs
1) Download a copy of TortoiseSVN and install it. Official download site for the latest version is
http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads
2) Copy to paste buffer the URL for the lastest SVN repository. At present for version 2 of OR this is as follows:
https://svn.transparent-tech.com/open-realty2/trunk/open-realty2
Note: In the Support Forum you may see displayed links to this repository or other URLs that have ... as part of the URL. These dots show a shortening of the displayed URL done by the Bulletin Board Software. If you put your mouse curser on it and look at the URL in the Status bar at the bottom you will probably find that the Full URL is different. It is the full URL you need. To get that, put your mouse curser on the URL, right click and select 'copy link location'.
3) Open Windows Explorer. Create a new folder on your hard drive (i.e File Menu, - New, - Folder). Select the folder you created and right click it. On the menu that comes up there should be a 'Checkout..." item (probably just above TortoiseSVN). Select this.
4) Click on the 'URL of repository'. Depress CTRL-V (or 'Edit' Menu - 'Paste') - This should paste in the URL that we copied in Step 2 above.
5) Default setup of other items on this page should be fine. Click OK. You will probably have to accept that their certificate isn't correct. This will then download all needed files.
6) A few days later there may be a number of files that have changed. To check which ones have changed, right click on the directory again. This time select 'TortoiseSVN' - 'Check for Updates'. A window will open showing files updated, deleted and added.
7) To update your windows copy, right click on the directory again. This time select 'Update'. (Probably 2 items above TortoiseSVN.)
8) Within Windows Explorer, if you put your mouse on the top of a file you should see a box giving information about the file. The 'Date Modified' in this gives the date and time the file was downloaded to your copy.
8) To view the log, right click on the directory again. This time select 'TortoiseSVN' - 'Show log". Click on each log header to see the revision information.
9) To learn more about the use of SVN, right click on any file or directory and select 'TortoiseSVN' - 'Help'. The 'Basic Concepts' chapter is an easy read and is needed to understand the difference between this and a traditional source control system.
